Photo: ABBY CAMPBELL/EPA/ShutterstockThe country’s biggest trucking group thinks it has a way to convince Republicans to raise the gasoline tax: Don’t call it a tax. They face an uphill climb, as the last time the gas tax was raised was 1993, and many Republican legislators are dead set against tax increases of any kind. “We haven’t had an increase in the gas tax in a long time,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Friday when asked about a possible tax increase of 25 cents a gallon. But Mr. Norquist said it’s “laughable” to call the gas tax a user fee. Highway experts say few in Washington will be distracted by the choice of words behind a gasoline tax increase.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 27, 2018 10:52 UTC